UNESCO-IIEP Visiting Researcher Programme 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 27, 2026

Applications are open for the UNESCO-IIEP Visiting Researcher Programme 2026. The IIEP Visiting Researcher Programme affords researchers from everywhere in the world the OPPORTUNITY to boost their skilled expertise and develop their careers by studying extra about varied theoretical, methodological, and sensible features of academic planning and administration, whereas contributing to the Institute’s analysis and coaching actions.

They work intently with IIEP employees members to develop new traces of analysis, strengthen ongoing analysis, and discover new alternatives for analysis collaboration and partnerships. They additionally assist design, evaluation and ship coaching actions led by the Institute, thus bringing in an exterior perspective.

Funding

• The applicant (or the sponsoring establishment) is chargeable for overlaying journey and lodging prices or acquiring an acceptable grant, for instance, from nationwide, bilateral, or multilateral funding companies. 

Eligibility

Given the restricted variety of locations on this programme, just a few prime-degree researchers will likely be invited to take part annually. These visiting researchers could also be:

• Qualified people able to conducting unbiased analysis, together with internationally famend professors who come on sabbatical to make a broad and versatile contribution to IIEP’s analysis programme;
• National researchers or researchers working in worldwide companies or specialised establishments, whose analysis aims give attention to particular themes in academic planning and administration around the globe;
• Members of nationwide analysis groups who take part in IIEP tasks in their very own international locations, or specialists who help employees members in finishing up their analysis programmes.

Application

The application deadline is February 27, 2026 (Midnight Paris time).

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For extra data, go to UNESCO-IIEP Visiting Researcher Programme.